Rail-joint.



PATENTED JULY 28, 1908. 0. P. HANSON.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20. 1908.

: r the ends of which abut.

of the tread flanges are rabbeted as indicated OSCAR P. HANSON, OFMINNEAPOL IS, MINNESOTA.

LEtAIL-JOIN'1.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 28, 1908.

Application filed. March 20, 1908; Serial No. 422,339.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR P. HANSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRail-Joints;

'andl do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others'skilledin theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to rovide an improved rail joint, and tothis en it consists of the novel devices and'combinations of deviceshereinafter described and defined in the claim. a q

The invention is illustrated in the accomanying drawings wherein likecharacters ingicate like parts throughout the several views. I

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a view in side elevation,illustrating the construction of the improved rail joint. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the abutting ends of the alined rails shown in Fig.1, said rails being separated. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectiontaken on the line 90 m of Fig. 1'

and is a perspective view of the saddle plate and so-called jointblock.

The numeral 1 indicates two alined rails,

The abutting ends at 2, and the abutting ends of the base flanges arerabbeted as indicated at 3, to form, lap joints. It willbe noted thatthe lap joint in the tread flanges is. reversely' formed from the lapjoint in the base flanges, I

thus holding the abutting ends or the rails 1 against lateral movementswith respect to each other. The vertical flanges of the rails 1,adjacent to the la-p joints'2and 3, are 'cut away to aflord' a seat 4,the purpose of which willpresently a pear. The

asefianges'o'f the rails 1 bear n'ectly upon a saddle plate 5 that restsu on adjacent ties,

not shown. Said saddle p ate 5 is provided with suitable openings 6 andnotches 6 through which spikesmay be passed for the purpose of securingsaid saddle plate 5 to the ties. The saddle plate 5 is formed at one.side withan upturned and inwardly extended Web or flange 7 that engagesthe upper surfaces of the base flanges of the rails 1, which flange isprovided with a vertical extension 8 that constitutes a-fish plate oftherail joint. This fish plate 8, at itsupper edge, bears against the undersurfaces of the tread flanges of the rails 1 and closely engages thevertical webs of the said rails. A joint block 9 is secured to theinside of the intermediate portion of the fish late 8 and is of suchsize asto completely 1 the seat 4, thereby securing the abutting ends ofthe rails 1 against vertical movement in respect to each other andforming a support for the abutting and overlapping ends of the treadflanges of the rails 1. ,The saddle late 5, flange 7, fish plate 8 andjoint blocl i 9 are preferably cast integral one with the other.

A rail joint constructed in accordance with my invention securely holdsthe abutting ends of the rails against lateral and vertical movementswith respect to each other without the use of bolts. The devicedescribed, while simple and of 7'5 small cost, is efficient for thepurpose had in view.

What I claim isz p In a rail joint, the combination with alined rails,the abutting ends of which are rabbeted to"form lap joints in the treadflanges and base'flanges of said rails, and a seat formed by cuttingaway the vertical webs of said a utting ends, of saddle plate underlyingthe ab tin ends of said rails and having a nsh plate connectedthereto-by a flange, and

a joint block secured to said fish plate and ada ted to fit within saidseat, substantially as escribed. In testimony whereof I affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

OSCAR P. HANSON.

Witnesses:

H. D. KILGORE, M. E. HONEY.

